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I didn't think it was possible but the Resident Evil games have gotten as loud, dumb and tiresome as the Resident Evil movies. Overcomplicated mechanics, a confusing, schizophrenic campaign split four ways and a ridiculous plot that doesn't just break...

CommentIt wasn’t until Resident Evil 4 that I actually loved a title in the Resident Evil franchise. Yeah, I’m one of those guys. Because of that it’s hard for me to avoid the comparison to what is, for me, the seminal game in the series.To be fair,...

Resident Evil 4 may have changed the world of video games, but unfortunately, other franchises made the best use of its ideas. Dead Space, Alan Wake, and even Gears of War were far more innovative than any Resident Evil game since. As a result, recent...

While I was playing through Resident Evil, my wife tweeted the following: “When my husband starts holding a one-sided conversation with a video game he's playing, that's when I know it's really making him angry.”You guys, I had a really long conversation...

But in the real world, we're left with what's in the box. It's hard to fathom how Resident Evil, which almost singlehandedly redefined the action genre just two installments ago, has now become such a strange, mediocre pastiche of the better games this series once inspired. What a bitter irony that is.

Resident Evil 6 loses focus and fails to accurately assess which of its elements are truly worthy of being included. When this game is at its height, it sets new standards for the series in every way. Unfortunately, there are no shortage of lows either, taking what could have been an excellent experience and making it something considerably lesser.

Series faithful might stumble through for the sake of story, and perhaps to appreciate those few moments that recall when Resident Evil was at its peak glory. But this long, poor sequel is the ultimate test of patience for even the most dedicated.

There is no doubt that Resident Evil 6 with its attempt to throw just about every gameplay aspect possible into the mix won't appeal to everyone. To many it will be a little too wide reaching, others a little too full of timed button presses rather than...

Resident Evil: The franchise that once upon a time scared the pants off me. I'm sure you've all got classic Resident Evil memories. Remember when the dogs jumped through the windows as you were walking down the corridors in the original mansion? How...

While spin-offs Resident Evil: Operation: Raccoon City and Mercenaries massively underwhelmed, Revelations on the Nintendo 3DS was a reminder that when Capcom sticks to what it knows best, there's few better at making a survival horror game even when...

The first and most important thing to say about Resident Evil 6 is something that’s been said plenty of times since the game’s console release last year: this is not a survival horror game. This is an action game through and through, a non-stop...

Capcom's latest plays like a seven-year-old game, which is fine given there were some crackers back then. But, as seems to be the case in general with the triple-A side of the games industry right now, it falls down by skipping on the trickier, yet...